Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

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Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..
Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..
Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..
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